Ideas
- The Beginning of Infinity David Deutsch
- The Fabric of Reality David Deutsch
- The Science of Can and Can't Chiara Marletto
- Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas Hofstadter
- The Ascent of Man Jacob Bronowski
- A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking
- The Man from the Future Ananyo Bhattacharya
- The Character of Physical Law Richard Feynman
- Six Easy Pieces Richard Feynman
- Six Not-So-Easy Pieces Richard Feynman
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard Feynman
- Decoding Reality Vlatko Vedral
- How Language Began Daniel Everett
- How Innovation Works Matt Ridley
- The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
- The Constitution of Liberty F.A. Hayek
- Knowledge, Evolution, and Society F.A. Hayek
- Basic Economics Thomas Sowell
- Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig
- The Infinity Machine Sebastian Mallaby
- Possible Minds John Brockman (ed.)
- Inventing Freedom Daniel Hannan
- The History of England Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order Ray Dalio
Philosophy
- The Republic Plato
- Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle
- Politics Aristotle
- On the Shortness of Life Seneca
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David Hume
- Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant
- Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche
- Problems of Philosophy Bertrand Russell
- The Story of Philosophy Will Durant
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery Karl Popper
- Conjectures and Refutations Karl Popper
- Objective Knowledge Karl Popper
- The Open Society and Its Enemies (Vol. 1 & 2) Karl Popper
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn
- Physics and Philosophy Werner Heisenberg
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel
- Minds, Brains, and Science John Searle
- Consciousness Explained Daniel Dennett
- The Emperor's New Mind Roger Penrose
- The Limits of Thought J. Krishnamurti & David Bohm
- The Awakening of Intelligence J. Krishnamurti
- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Shunryu Suzuki
- The Roaring Silence Ngakpa Chögyam & Khandro Déchen
- Zen in the Martial Arts Joe Hyams
- Know Thyself Mitchell S. Green
Physics
- An Introduction to Mechanics Kleppner & Kolenkow
- Introduction to Classical Mechanics David Morin
- The Theoretical Minimum (series) Leonard Susskind
- Spacetime and Geometry Sean Carroll
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics R. Shankar
- Mastering Quantum Mechanics Barton Zwiebach
- Introduction to Electrodynamics David J. Griffiths
- Vibrations and Waves A.P. French
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Vol. 1 & 2) Feynman, Leighton & Sands
- The End of Time Julian Barbour
- Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Nielsen & Chuang
- Quantum in Pictures Bob Coecke & Stefano Gogioso
- An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Peskin & Schroeder
- Quantum Field Theory: Lectures of Sidney Coleman Sidney Coleman
- String Theory (Vol. 1 & 2) Joseph Polchinski
- Conformal Field Theory Di Francesco, Mathieu & Sénéchal
- Introduction to Conformal Field Theory Blumenhagen & Plauschinn
Biology
- The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
- The Extended Phenotype Richard Dawkins
- The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins
- Life on the Edge Jim Al-Khalili & Johnjoe McFadden
- What Is Life? Erwin Schrödinger
- A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins
- Lifespan David Sinclair
- Why We Die Venki Ramakrishnan
Work
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Eric Jorgenson
- Zero to One Peter Thiel
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things Ben Horowitz
- The Lean Startup Eric Ries
- Rework Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
- Deep Work Cal Newport
- So Good They Can't Ignore You Cal Newport
Sports
- The Numbers Game Chris Anderson & David Sally
- Inverting the Pyramid Jonathan Wilson
- Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography Alex Ferguson
- Leading Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz
- Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Bobby Fischer